Record Number: 9998

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read the Bible everyday, and at much length; also, - with what I cannot but think some praiseworthy patience, - a book of incommunicable dreariness, called Newton's "Thoughts on the Apocalypse".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1856 and 30 Nov 1856

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London, Pimlico
location in dwelling: Lodgings, room in Pimlico

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edmund Gosse

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1849

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Son of zoological writer

Religion:

Plymouth Brethren

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

ill mother, Emily Gosse

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Benjamin Wills Newton

Title:

Thoughts on the Apocalypse

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9998

Source:

Print

Author:

Edmund Gosse

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Father and Son

Place of Publication:

Keele: Ryburn Publishing

Date of Publication:

1994 (1907)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

62

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edmund Gosse, Father and Son (Keele: Ryburn Publishing, 1994 (1907)), p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9998, accessed: 25 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None